Cousin Birthday Party- 2, 3, 5, 6 & 7 Years Old

The cousin's all have birthdays pretty close together. Elliott is first in the beginning of April, then Eli at the end of April, Isaac and Nate are a couple of days apart in June and then Adam the end of June and Jame's in the middle of July. So to celebrate the Red-Schwed birthdays we got together with Dave's parents house.

Along with the great cousin time and big birthday party we got to take Adam and Eli golfing for the first time with Dave's Dad and it was so much fun!

Okay Who Let Them all Get Older!

So in June all of the boys went to their well child checks because someone let them grow and get bigger again this year.

Adam nearly 7 years old is- 47 pounds and 6.4 ounces 32nd percentile for weight and 3'11" tall and 34th percentile for height and 38 percentile for BMI.

Eli was just over 5 years old is- 34 pounds 12.8 ounces which is 8th percentile for weight (such a peanut) and 3 feet 5 inches and the 12th percentile for height, and 21st percentile for BMI.

Isaac practically went on his 2nd birthday and was 28 pounds 3.9 ounces which is actually the 53rd percentile. What, I have a kid who is in the middle of the curve, but wait his height is 2 feet 8.75" and 16th percentile that sounds more Schwedskala. And 89th percentile for BMI!

Cabin Time

We spent a couple weekends at the cabin in July. The majority of the weekend was spent swimming in the lake and enjoying slowing down.

Adam is 7

I tried to talk Adam into staying 6 or maybe aging backwards to 5. Although two 5 year olds might not be the easiest. His birthday fell on a Sunday and despite my best efforts Adam is now 7.  We had our typical decorations and Happy Birthday breakfast with an extra friend Ryan here. Dad and Ryan's dad were hiking in the woods, but Adam still had a great birthday. We had lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings and then we went to the 3M picnic and there were lots of rides with our friends Nate and Josh.

Adam's birthday is so close to the 4th of July that I struggle planning a birthday party for him in a timely manner. This year he instead of wanting to invite everyone and their brother Adam decided he just wanted his friend Nate and his brother to come (along with my parents and brother Henry). He watched Hook recently (my favorite Robin Williams movie) and decided on a Peter Pan/ Hook theme. With only having one family over it was pretty simple party to plan that we literally threw together in a couple days.

The party was hosted at "Neverland". Pirate swords, sling shots, tinker bell and a pirate ship pinata and pretend food cake, plus snacks and pizza rounded out the party.

The pinata was so cool looking we almost didn't want to break it open. Okay no the boys love hitting the pinata and so did Gretchen!

We made the boys walk to plank! And then of course it ended up being sword plank fights and the plank had to go away. 

So they changed into swim suits and had a water balloon fight! And that "as seen on TV" balloon filler is worth every penny.

Adam we love you and enjoy watching you grow up and mature. Happy 7th Birthday!

My Baby isn't Much of a Baby

Last week Isaac turned two and my last baby is not so much a baby today. He's full of so much excitement for life. He knows what he wants and tells us exactly what it is. We love this little guy so much and he will always be my baby!

We decided to celebrate all the birthday boys this weekend in Dave's hometown. So we spent a lot of Isaac's birthday driving in the car through Wisconsin. So we made sure we had a breakfast treat with a "2" candle and a "Happa Birfday" song. The flame from the candle was too much for the Isaac but once it was out he was back to his happy self!